Ann Hampton Callaway performs Streisand tribute at Macomb Center

Looking for a way to extend that romantic Valentine’s Day mood into the weekend?

Here’s a perfect afterglow: Tony Award nominee Ann Hampton Callaway will present “The Streisand Songbook,” her interpretation of one of popular music’s most legendary entertainer’s material Friday at the intimate Macomb Center for the Performing Arts in Clinton Township.

Callaway unveiled the show with The Boston Pops in May and then hit the road, taking the tribute to various venues around the country alternately with symphonies and her own trio, the latter accompanying her to Macomb Center.

The jazz-cabaret singer cooks up her own versions of the Barbra Streisand songbook, from her early work on songs such as “People” to the Broadway years through her films. From the introspective to the flat-out romantic, she provides new sketches of “The Way We Were,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” and a swing version of “Evergreen.”

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It’s a risky but artistic move that Callaway has earned the right to tackle at this point in her career.

“I feel more fearless now and I don’t feel bound by the worry that, ‘Oh my God, this is Judy Garland’s song or this is Barbra’s song.’ I feel like I’ve earned the right to do these songs and the challenge is to find my own personal resonance in them,” she said in a recent interview with the Huffington Post.

Known for her Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical, “Swing,” the all-around entertainer is a pianist, composer, lyricist and actress who wrote and sang the theme song to the TV show “The Nanny.”

A multi-faceted performer, she’s written more than 250 songs that have been recorded by everyone from Patti LuPone to Liza Minnelli.

She certainly knows her way around the Streisand story, having worked with the legendary singer/actress in the studio and writing songs for her, and even penning patter for her to use in between songs in live shows. Her songs have been featured on six of Streisand’s recent CDs. She penned “I’ve Dreamed of You,” a song Streisand sang to hubby James Brolin on their wedding day.

Although this is Callaway’s first visit to Macomb Center, she’s no stranger to the Motor City.

She has been a special guest performer with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO), including a recent show with renowned Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik -- who is known for his devotion to old-school jazz authenticity -- in “The Way We Were -- A Tribute to Hamlisch & Streisand.”

Grateful for her commercial and artistic success, Callaway has sought to give back through charitable causes as a performer for benefits for victims of Hurricane Katrina and the 2005 tsunami among others.

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